black man they saw . smith says that several would @ - @ be vi ##gil ##ante groups sought his permission to venture into the bush around the crash site to " make the local people pay for their crime of harbour ##ing and assisting the terrorists " . he instructed them not to , according to his memoirs , telling them that many rural blacks only assisted the guerrillas under extreme du ##ress , and that it would not do to attack them . many rhodesia ##ns also resented the apparent lack of sympathy em ##ana ##ting from overseas governments , especially considering the character of the attack and its civilian target . = = = memorial service , 8 september 1978 = = = at a
black man they saw. smith says that several would @ - @ be vigilante groups sought his permission to venture into the bush around the crash site to " make the local people pay for their crime of harbouring and assisting the terrorists ". he instructed them not to, according to his memoirs, telling them that many rural blacks only assisted the guerrillas under extreme duress, and that it would not do to attack them. many rhodesians also resented the apparent lack of sympathy emanating from overseas governments, especially considering the character of the attack and its civilian target. = = = memorial service, 8 september 1978 = = = at a